"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands........" 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Sunday, February 15, 2009

A Bouquet of Fish?

Another Valentine's day has passed.....I expect you all are loaded down with boxes of candy and blooms of every color! What could be better than a bouquet of flowers I ask?

How about a bouquet of fish in the most vibrant of colors! That is what I got this year! They are so very tiny...only about an inch . I can't wait to see if this one will stay like a calico or completely turn orange.

This one is so pretty, a little larger. I love the black and orange together.

This one is all white with just a hint of summer yellow on all of it's edges. The others are in colors of solid orange and mixed orange, white and blacks.

This is one of the fish that has been in the pond for almost a year now. It was only about and inch long when we got it.....and now look how big and beautiful it is!

If you see the tiny fish in the bottom of the bucket, it is easy to see how much bigger this fish is.

So new life has been added to the pond. I can't wait to see how these new fish grow. I am in search of water lilies to give the fish some kind of shade. We bought a couple of lilies last year, but they did not sprout. I am hoping to find ones that are already leafed out as in plant form. Do any of you, who own ponds have water lilies? How about turtles? Where do you purchase your pond accessories from?As always I love your comments and look forward to hearing from you. I would love any information on this!

How beautiful Kathleen! Here in Kentucky they sell growing water lilies at the aquarium fish store I go to. You might try at those and other pet stores. Koi are a big thing here. I don't have an outside fish pond, other than our farm/pasture ponds, but I do have an aquarium I enjoy. They can be very relaxing

Well, how cool is that! I've been wanting to put a pond in the backyard..they are so relaxing. Our farm/feed store co-op used to sell the koi and now they're hard to find. I'm wondering too where everyone is getting them now.RiverBend Farm

I have a pond that we installed about 6 months ago. And I enjoy it soooo much. We have water lilies but they are dormant right now. Hopefully they'll sprout and bloom again in spring. We have to give them some fertilizer end of Feb/early March. I have eleven goldfish and two koi in mine. Lots of frogs and toads in the summer, and a tiny little snake that visits when the frog eggs hatch. He eats up almost all of the tadpoles (good thing or I'd have THOUSANDS of frogs!) I get my fish at walmart and so far all my plants came from the pond store. But I have a questions for you... WHAT to you feed your fish?!Blessings,Patricia :o)

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After years of living in town, on a street that seemed to growl at me each time I stepped outside, my dream of country living came true a few years ago. Now my dream of creating a farm and making the land productive is in the making. I am starting out small and slow, learning as I go along. Wildflowers, tulips, and daffodils are slowly taking over the untamed land. Chickens and ducks are beginning to hatch. Pumpkins and orchards are looking hopeful. The ground and the weather can be harsh and unforgiving at times, but just like an artist with a blank canvas, I will keeping working at it until I make it beautiful. When I'm not working with the land, I am busy stitching away on my "one day linen line" and other hand embroidered projects. My cup runneth over and I am truly blessed.Please stop by my other blogs....Yesteryear Embroideries for the latest stitches, and My Country Kitchen for great recipes.